A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Farber$850/mo

Typical home $133K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.37% · or rent about $350/mo · Housing →

Ridge Township$370/mo

Typical home $61K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Farber and Ridge Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FarberRidge Township

Snow a year16″14″

January low19°F —

July high86°F —

Growing season (days)188d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 46th

Outdoors & history

FarberRidge Township

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—2%

Community

FarberRidge Township

Library hours a week20 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

97 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FarberMO Ridge TownshipCarroll County

Farber ↔ Ridge Township97 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

FarberRidge Township

People

Population 272Lowest 281Highest

Median age 49±9.7Highest 26% above MO 45.8±13.8Lowest 17% above MO

Farber and Ridge Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 12.1%±7.7Lowest MO: 22.3% 23.8%±6.8Highest MO: 22.3%

Ridge Township and Farber are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.9%±2Lowest MO: 17.9% 20.3%±1.8Highest MO: 17.9%

Ridge Township and Farber are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.5%Highest MO: 32.4% 5.6%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±11.4Highest MO: 5.7% 0%±6Lowest MO: 5.7%

Farber and Ridge Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,458±$20kLowest 34% below MO $54,205±$8kHighest 23% below MO

Ridge Township and Farber are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $60,000±$26kLowest 74% below MO $61,000±$15kHighest 74% below MO

Ridge Township and Farber are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $350±$41Lowest 66% below MO $842±$20Highest 18% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $820Highest 58% below MO $600Lowest 69% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 13.3%±57.8Lowest MO: 45.6% 14.3%±100Highest MO: 45.6%

Ridge Township and Farber are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 22.1%Highest MO: 12.6% 4.3%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.9%Lowest MO: 68.1% 80.7%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Highest 11 yrs older than MO 1951Lowest 27 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 7% below MO 41 minHighest 72% above MO

Work from home 4.9%±3Lowest MO: 13% 19.8%±23.8Highest MO: 13%

Ridge Township and Farber are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1%Lowest 1.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 34.8 miHighest 24.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 0.47Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Mexico (24%)Carrollton (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Ridge TownshipFew work in Farber

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 132Highest 2.9Lowest

Schools

School district —BOSWORTH R-V

High school in town —Bosworth High

Students per teacherat that high school — 2.5

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Farber vs Ridge Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Farber

What daily life feels like in each

97 miles apart

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